Jailed aide to bandit Veerapan dies in hospital

Bilvendran, an aide of forest brigand Veerappan passed away at a Mysuru hospital yesterday. He was suffering from neurological problems and was undergoing treatment at the hospital for the last 10 days.

Bengaluru: An aide of slain forest brigand Veerappan, died at a government hospital in Mysuru late on Wednesday night.

The 70-year-old Bilvendran was admitted to the KR Hospital in Mysuru 10 days ago due to neurological problems, according to sources in the Mysuru Central prison.

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He was serving life imprisonment in the Mysuru Central Jail for the past 25 years for being part of the conspiracy to kill 22 people in a landmine blast at Palar on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border in April 1993.

He was awarded capital punishment which was later commuted to life imprisonment, prison sources said.

PTI